Chapter Six - Home
Zim dropped her off in front of Dib's house, wishing her luck. Nighttime was upon the Earth, and Yuki thought it was the most beautiful sight she'd ever seen. Upon ringing the doorbell, a sixteen-year-old Gaz answered. Her dark, purple hair had grown out, she wore a long, black shirt and black pants in trade for her usual outfit, and her voice was a bit softer, though it still carried a sinister tone.
"Who are you?" she asked in annoyance.
"My name is Yuki. I'm a...a friend of Dib's. May I come in?"
"He's not here. Probably ran away."
"I...know what happened to Dib. He...he's dead." Gaz opened the door wider.
"Come in." She complied, and was instructed to take a seat. "He was trying to destroy Zim, wasn't he?"
"Yes. But he didn't die in a fight with Zim. He died to save my life." Gaz stared wide-eyed, and tried to conceal her sadness. "Zim was about to kill me, and...and Dib pushed me out of the way. Zim killed him instead." There was a long silence between them, Gaz in shock. Though she had threatened it many times, she couldn't imagine her brother actually dead. "I didn't get to know him for long...but I love him all the same. I would like to ask you, if it doesn't hurt you too much...what was he like? What kind of person was Dib?"
"It's hard to explain who my brother was. Why don't I take you to his room?"
"His room?"
"Yeah. It's over this way." She led Yuki upstairs and to Dib's room. They looked through some of his UFO magazines and popped in a tape of Mysterious Mysteries. It happened to play the episode he was on. Yuki could barely watch, but forced herself to. How dearly she wanted to see him alive again was no mystery, and Gaz could clearly tell that his death had been a great loss to her. When the episode came to a close, she ejected the tape.
"Gaz, I looked forward to one day being your sister-in-law. I lived on that moon colony that Zim established, and don't have anywhere to go. Would you mind if I stayed here?"
"No."
"Okay. Thank you. I'm tired. I can't believe that all this has happened in one day. I've gained the affection of your brother and lost his life in one day, and I'm tired. I'll retire early."
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight." When Gaz left, Yuki plopped onto Dib's bed and blanketed herself under the covers. Imagining that Dib could be alive again, she dreamt.
The following morning, woken by the morning sunlight, she crept out of bed and into the lawn out front. However, much to her surprise, an Irken Voot Runner landed in the street ahead of her. From a distance, she could see that Zim was there, but couldn't make out who the other person was. As the dust cleared, she saw who had come with Zim back to Earth.
"Dib!" Yuki could not believe her eyes, and rubbed them to be sure. "Dib! It IS you! I can't believe you're actually here!" Dib tried to get out of the ship, but immediately fell over.
"He's still very weak. You'll need to help him. Make sure he doesn't get out of bed; he's severely injured." She helped him up, and Zim handed her a pair of crutches to give him. Even with the crutches, he tumbled to the ground. Yuki caught him just before he hit the pavement.
"Zim, get him a wheelchair."
"I don't have any."
"Then get a stretcher or something! He can't walk upstairs to his room like this!"
"I could fly my Voot to the second floor, and you could help him from there."
"All right. Sounds good." Dib obviously didn't like being so helpless and relying on his enemy, but he knew he had no choice. From his bedroom window, Yuki carried him to his bed. "Oh my God...I can't believe you're alive! I have to tell Gaz! She's worried about you."
"She is?"
"Yeah...you sound surprised."
"We never were really close."
"Oh...that's too bad, because she seemed to like you a lot. You just rest there. I'll get you something to eat. What would you like?"
"Any pizza left?"
"All right! Pizza it is!" She dashed downstairs, and looked in the refrigerator. She heated up the last slice of pizza and opened the last can of soda. Gaz would normally pulverize anyone who did that, but Yuki didn't care. She took it up to Dib, and propped him up with some pillows. As he ate, she gazed at him with an almost hypnotic stare.
He paused, saying, "Do you really have to watch me eat?"
"Not really... I just didn't expect that I'd ever get to see you eat, so I'm taking the opportunity now."
"That's...nice." Dib lifted the pizza to his mouth, but dropped it, crumbs flying everywhere on his bed. Yuki giggled.
"Oh, you think that's funny? Well, how do you like this?" He kicked the blanket off, tossing the crumbs onto her face.
"Hey! No fair!" She tore a piece of pepperoni from his pizza and hid it behind her back. As he bent over in search of the missing pepperoni, Yuki pulled on the collar of Dib's shirt and poured soda down his back.
"What the-? Ahh! That's cold, you know!" She laughed playfully, and was caught by surprise when he pulled a pillow out from under him and shoved it in her face.
"You're being loud in there, Yuki! Better keep it down before I destroy you!" They paid no heed to Gaz's comment, and kept laughing. "That's it! I'm going in there! What's so funny, anyway-?" Opening the door, she saw Dib laughing and Yuki throwing pizza toppings in his face. "Dib? You're alive?"
"Yes." None of them, in a million years, would've guessed that such a simple word could make the impact it did. "Yes, Gaz. I am." Gaz ran up to him, hugging him tightly.
"Dib, I can't believe-how are you-is this real?"
"It's real, Gaz. And I love you too."
Zim dropped her off in front of Dib's house, wishing her luck. Nighttime was upon the Earth, and Yuki thought it was the most beautiful sight she'd ever seen. Upon ringing the doorbell, a sixteen-year-old Gaz answered. Her dark, purple hair had grown out, she wore a long, black shirt and black pants in trade for her usual outfit, and her voice was a bit softer, though it still carried a sinister tone.
"Who are you?" she asked in annoyance.
"My name is Yuki. I'm a...a friend of Dib's. May I come in?"
"He's not here. Probably ran away."
"I...know what happened to Dib. He...he's dead." Gaz opened the door wider.
"Come in." She complied, and was instructed to take a seat. "He was trying to destroy Zim, wasn't he?"
"Yes. But he didn't die in a fight with Zim. He died to save my life." Gaz stared wide-eyed, and tried to conceal her sadness. "Zim was about to kill me, and...and Dib pushed me out of the way. Zim killed him instead." There was a long silence between them, Gaz in shock. Though she had threatened it many times, she couldn't imagine her brother actually dead. "I didn't get to know him for long...but I love him all the same. I would like to ask you, if it doesn't hurt you too much...what was he like? What kind of person was Dib?"
"It's hard to explain who my brother was. Why don't I take you to his room?"
"His room?"
"Yeah. It's over this way." She led Yuki upstairs and to Dib's room. They looked through some of his UFO magazines and popped in a tape of Mysterious Mysteries. It happened to play the episode he was on. Yuki could barely watch, but forced herself to. How dearly she wanted to see him alive again was no mystery, and Gaz could clearly tell that his death had been a great loss to her. When the episode came to a close, she ejected the tape.
"Gaz, I looked forward to one day being your sister-in-law. I lived on that moon colony that Zim established, and don't have anywhere to go. Would you mind if I stayed here?"
"No."
"Okay. Thank you. I'm tired. I can't believe that all this has happened in one day. I've gained the affection of your brother and lost his life in one day, and I'm tired. I'll retire early."
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight." When Gaz left, Yuki plopped onto Dib's bed and blanketed herself under the covers. Imagining that Dib could be alive again, she dreamt.
The following morning, woken by the morning sunlight, she crept out of bed and into the lawn out front. However, much to her surprise, an Irken Voot Runner landed in the street ahead of her. From a distance, she could see that Zim was there, but couldn't make out who the other person was. As the dust cleared, she saw who had come with Zim back to Earth.
"Dib!" Yuki could not believe her eyes, and rubbed them to be sure. "Dib! It IS you! I can't believe you're actually here!" Dib tried to get out of the ship, but immediately fell over.
"He's still very weak. You'll need to help him. Make sure he doesn't get out of bed; he's severely injured." She helped him up, and Zim handed her a pair of crutches to give him. Even with the crutches, he tumbled to the ground. Yuki caught him just before he hit the pavement.
"Zim, get him a wheelchair."
"I don't have any."
"Then get a stretcher or something! He can't walk upstairs to his room like this!"
"I could fly my Voot to the second floor, and you could help him from there."
"All right. Sounds good." Dib obviously didn't like being so helpless and relying on his enemy, but he knew he had no choice. From his bedroom window, Yuki carried him to his bed. "Oh my God...I can't believe you're alive! I have to tell Gaz! She's worried about you."
"She is?"
"Yeah...you sound surprised."
"We never were really close."
"Oh...that's too bad, because she seemed to like you a lot. You just rest there. I'll get you something to eat. What would you like?"
"Any pizza left?"
"All right! Pizza it is!" She dashed downstairs, and looked in the refrigerator. She heated up the last slice of pizza and opened the last can of soda. Gaz would normally pulverize anyone who did that, but Yuki didn't care. She took it up to Dib, and propped him up with some pillows. As he ate, she gazed at him with an almost hypnotic stare.
He paused, saying, "Do you really have to watch me eat?"
"Not really... I just didn't expect that I'd ever get to see you eat, so I'm taking the opportunity now."
"That's...nice." Dib lifted the pizza to his mouth, but dropped it, crumbs flying everywhere on his bed. Yuki giggled.
"Oh, you think that's funny? Well, how do you like this?" He kicked the blanket off, tossing the crumbs onto her face.
"Hey! No fair!" She tore a piece of pepperoni from his pizza and hid it behind her back. As he bent over in search of the missing pepperoni, Yuki pulled on the collar of Dib's shirt and poured soda down his back.
"What the-? Ahh! That's cold, you know!" She laughed playfully, and was caught by surprise when he pulled a pillow out from under him and shoved it in her face.
"You're being loud in there, Yuki! Better keep it down before I destroy you!" They paid no heed to Gaz's comment, and kept laughing. "That's it! I'm going in there! What's so funny, anyway-?" Opening the door, she saw Dib laughing and Yuki throwing pizza toppings in his face. "Dib? You're alive?"
"Yes." None of them, in a million years, would've guessed that such a simple word could make the impact it did. "Yes, Gaz. I am." Gaz ran up to him, hugging him tightly.
"Dib, I can't believe-how are you-is this real?"
"It's real, Gaz. And I love you too."